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Response to comment [from an atheist]: [Argument from previous thread If the God of Joshua told you to slit a baby's throat, would you?]

"If intentionally killing a child is always evil what does that say of the deity that would order such an act?"

Why are you concerned about the character of a God you do not believe in?

Ps 25:8; Na 1:7; Mt 19:17

Recommended reading:

The Big Book of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation by Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe

[Dena quote: Perhaps if they were about to be tortured and killed by a third party. I think it would be okay to kill them before it could happen, if it's a situation where you know there isn't going to be any other way out. Or say, killing them quickly rather than letting them drown, be burned to death, etc. I do not think it would be evil to kill a child in those situations...] "Perhaps. I appreciate your candor and see nothing wrong with your analysis..."

"What about the deity who would order it be done (though not one of the scenarios described)?"

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him [Esth. 3:1].

"Here we are introduced to a man by the name of Haman. He is one in the long line of those who have led in a campaign of anti-Semitism. He is promoted by the king to the position that would correspond to prime minister. He was an Agagite. If you turn back to 1 Samuel 15:8, you will find that Agagite was the royal family of the Amalekites. Saul should have obeyed God and destroyed the Agagites. If Saul had done what he had been commanded to do, his people would not have been in this situation, because the Agagites would have completely disappeared. God could see down through history and He knew what was coming. Saul’s failure to exterminate the Agagites almost led to the extermination of his own people. But again, God is behind the scenes, keeping watch over His own.

No weapon is going to prosper against Israel. Many people thought that Hitler might become a world dictator but that sending our boys to Europe was premature. I think we should have provided equipment and arms and let Germany and Russia slug it out. When they got so weak they could no longer fight, then we could have stepped in. There are those who said we should not have entered the Vietnam War. I agree with that. I think this idea of always shipping our manpower abroad is entirely wrong. We thought we stopped Hitler, but it was God who stopped him. God is going to stop Haman, too. Now we are beginning to see why God has moved Esther to the throne. If she had not been there, this anti-Semite Haman would have exterminated the Jews. That certainly was his intention." McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible Commentary. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1981, S. 2:557

Response to comment [from a Jew]: Dena is worthy of all worship.] "Why are you so weird?"

He passes judgment on a good (Ps 25:8; Na 1:7; Mt 19:17) and holy God (Ex 15:11; 1 Sa 2:2)--who he says doesn't exist mind you--while he endorses your reasoning (Isa 55:8).

All that God does leads to life and good living. All that dippy there promotes leads to: theft, murder and destruction (Jn 10:10).

Response to comment [from an atheist]: [God is the giver of life and He has every right to take life...] "Spoken like a true authority driven slave."

You've got that backwards, pal. Jn 8:34-36

When is the killing of an infant/baby/child not an evil act?